A. the RECORD DEMONSTRATES THAT AMIDST TEE EXPLOSION of MEDIA, TEE RULE PREJUDICES NEWSPAPERS - TEE MEDIUM MOST COMMI’Lted to LOCAL NEWS

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A. the RECORD DEMONSTRATES THAT AMIDST TEE EXPLOSION of MEDIA, TEE RULE PREJUDICES NEWSPAPERS - TEE MEDIUM MOST COMMI’Lted to LOCAL NEWS a. THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES THAT AMIDST TEE EXPLOSION OF MEDIA, TEE RULE PREJUDICES NEWSPAPERS - TEE MEDIUM MOST COMMI’lTED TO LOCAL NEWS. A. The Media Marketplace Bas Experienced Dramatic Growth, Rendering Traditional Media Vulnerable To New Competitors. Advocates for retention of the Rule and those favoring its repeal agree the number of media outlets in communities across the nation has exploded since the Rule’s adoption The Commission makes note of this fact in the Notice and media owners in markets large and small provide substantial data describing the increases in programming diversity and competition that have occurred since 1975 .= All of the commentary and data also concur that newspaper circulation and television ratings have suffered significant declines as a result of the emergence of new media competition, principally from cabldsatellite and the Internet.” Today, cable competes for and wins a significant share of the most popular programming available.” Using its dual revenue streams, cable can simply outspend over-the-air broadcasters for key programming. For example. in January 2002 the National Basketball Association signed $4.6 billion rights agreements with Disney (ESPN,ABC) and AOL Time Warner (TNT). In an historic shift, ABC will air only 15 regular season games plus five early-round playoff games and the NBA Finals. All other games, :‘ See. e.g.. CommcnU of New Yo* TimCompany at 2-7; Commenu of &lo Cop. at 8-9 Comments of Moms Communications Corporation at 16-23; Commcnls of The Hcam Corporation at 5-12 Comments of The Media Institute at 5.6; and nunmuus ochus. Defenders of the Rule focus on consolidation of ownership, but ah! that as measured by the numbex ofvoices. public discourse is more robust today that it was when !he Rule was adopted. See. e.g.. Comments of The office of Communication, Inc. of The United Church of Chris Nauonal Organization for Women and Media Alliance (colleaively “United Church of Christ. et. al“), at 4 (showing growth in number of ..radio StatlOnS). .’ See. e.g., Kathy Bergen, TV ncws’ sacred statu now old story, Chi. Trib.. feb. IO. 2002, Business at I ia In coverage of news in gencral. and America’s War on Terrorism in parlicular, more and more Amencans are turntng to cable networks instcad of mer-the& stations. $e. c.g., Mark Jurkowitz. In TV news, this is way. Nclworks mav k losing !he battle as more viewers nun IO cable countemans, Chi. Trib., Des. 18.2001. Tempo at Continued) including the All-star game and conference finals, will be chedexclusively on ESPN, TNT and a newly-formed cable channel owned jointly by the NBA and AOL Time Warner. Following the trend of Major League Baseball, the NBA recognized “the difference in distribution is dwindling From broadcast to cable. For anyone truly interested in watching these games, they won’t be difficult to find.”” As the Commission acknowledged last month, viewers are following the programming to cable or another form of multichannel video programming delivery service (“MVF‘D) In January, the Commission announced pay TV subscribers jumped 4 6% in the year ending June, 2001, with growth in satellite service outpacing cable by more than double.” More than 88 million U.S. households subscribe to some MVPD and the broadband audience has surpassed 2 I million.” Cabldsatellite subscriptions in many communities approximate total coverage. In Hartford, Connecticut, more than 88% of television viewers subscribe to cable or another MVPD, making any discussion of the over-thcair television marketplace a hypothetical exercise. Internet sites provide additional competition without providing local news.I2 And as the Commission’s January report suggests, these trends will continue 3 Ed Sherman, Cable snares Wafgames; ABC joins ESPN. TMin +age, Chi. Tnb.. Jan. 23,2002. Sporfs at 7. quoung ESPNs George Bodenheimer (ESPN and TNT were able to pay the NBA 25% more than the incumbent broadcasr nmrkNBC in the 2002 pact. “The NBA had to go the cable mute in order Io generate the increase NBC came in with a substantially lower bid after claiming it lost 5300 nullion during the last two seasons of the mntdeal.”). See also, Stefan Fatsis, Broadcast Bounce: NBA’s Pact With AOL. Disnev Puts Most Games in Cable’s Cow&Wall SI. J., Dcc. 17. 2001, 5 Bat6 lo Annual Assessment of the Slatus of Commtition in the Market for the Deliverv of Video Pmmamrm‘ng (CS Docket 01-129) Jan. 14.2002, at 7 6. See olso. Raters. Pav television rubwnkr numbers UD 4.6% - FCC, Jan. 14.2002 ” Niclxn/NetRatings. Broadband audience sumasxs 21 million in November. wninn a record hi&. accordrnn 19 Nielsen NetRatina, (Nov. 2001). It Diversity and camptition, the hvo principles supporting the Rule. may actually katodds in today’s media Gmrmucd) 12 B. Rising Newsgathering Costs Jeopardize Viewpoint Diversity And Cross- Ownership Provides A Remedy. Both sides of the debate acknowledge the cost of producing a unique television newscast has escalated dramatically since the Rule’s adoption.33 Those supponing the Rule lament “the dramatic decline in the rate at which TV stations have news operation^."^^ It is also noted that some stations now opt to “outsource” their newscasts or use pooled news services, all of which lead to content homogenization.” Ironically, these maladies have occurred since the Rule was adopted and cross-ownership banned. In fact, Tribune’s comments offer a candid example of this economics of news dilemma and illustrate how cross-ownership is the remedy to this phen~menon.’~ Tribune’s comments describe its interest in launching a new newscast in South Florida. There, Tribune owns both the news-rich Sun-Sentinel newspaper and the seventh-rated television station, WBZL. Mer acquiring WBZL in 1996 as part of a six-station transaction, Tribune sought a permanent waiver of the cross-ownership rule, but agreed to a temporary waiver that prohibited sharing of news resources, even though WBZL did not produce a newscast at that time. In effect, the terms of the waiver extinguished the possibility WBZL could launch a new newscast using the resources of the Sun-Senhnel. Instead, WBZL has opted for the financially marketplace. For instance. dassified advertising -amajor revenue source for newspapen - is king eroded by online competitors such as Monner.com, Autobytcl and Homehunter.com. Advocates of the Rule adnut Ihese new media operations do not sigrulicanlly convltute to the marketplace for local news. That is. they do not measurably contnbute to diversity of local voices. However, such entities clearly add to the comp*ltion facing newspapen. They take revenue and the resulting financial impact on newspapen merely advantages thae cornparues that do not inform the public or add to the marlcetplacc of ideas. 13 See. c.g.,Comments of Consumen Union, et. al, at 80. See olso, Kathy Bergen. TV news’ sacred slatus now old m,Cht. Trib. Feb. 10,2002. Businus at 1. ’‘ Comments of Consumen union. et. ai, at 80. Id. at 57-58. 13 prudent carriage of a newscast produced by a competing television station in the market and viewers in South Ronda are deprived of an independent television newscast, C. The Rule Is Biased Against Newspapers. None of the comments deny newspapers play an important role in informing our citizenry and are committed to covering news at the local level.” The record also demonstrates how broadcast stations under common ownership with a newspaper produce significantly more IOC~Inews3* Yet while both sides agree on the importance of newspapers to an informed public, advocates of the Rule’s retention reach the incongruous conclusion that diversity and the quality of news coverage will improve if the Commission continues to deny broadcast ownership to enterprises that by their nature are the most committed to local news. If this were true, one might expect greater quality local coverage in markets without grandfathered combinations. But there is no evidence of such, in this record or othenvise. For example, proponents of the Rule do not claim that Washington, D.C.,with no remaining grandfathered combinations, has better local news coverage or diversity because of it, than does Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Dallas or Los Angeles Nor do they claim - because they cannot - that lack of diversity is a major problem with local news. As demonstrated in the filings of Tribune, Gannett Co., Inc , The New York 16 Comments of Triburs Company at 43.49-50. 37 See supra note 1. See also. Comments of Consumers Union, et. al, at 61-62 C‘Telcvision does not perform the same function as newspapers and neither rcplafn radio. Broadcast docs not compete effectively with newspapers in the new function. Newspapers pmvidc a di&rcnt type of information service with differtnt impact . rhan video or radio, with much longer and in dcpth treatment of issues. In this they have adopted to a role distinct fmm television.’’). 14 Times Company, The Hearst Corporation, Moms Communications Corporation, Belo Corp., Cox Enterprises, Inc., E.W. Scripps Company, and others, common ownership actually increases the amount, quality and viewpoint diversity of local news and public &airs programming. Common ownership spurs broader local television news coverage over the air in the same way it has given birth to local all-news cable channels, such as ChicagoLand Television News. Those who oppose any change to the Rule would do well to remember that the goal of the Rule is not to prohibit newspaper publishers from owning television stations, but to increase the diversity of voices and the level of local news in the marketplace - a goal that is impaired by this timeworn regulation. III. OUTDATED THEORIES OF SOURCE DIVERSITY ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THE RECORD. Proponents of the Rule today base their arguments on hyperbole and hypothesis, rather than facts.
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